Shoe-drier.



J. W. McIVER.

SHOE DRIER.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 29, 1913.

Patented Oct. 7, 1913.

Inventor Witnesses Attorneys JAMES VTILLIiAM MCIVER, OF HOUSTON, TEXAS.

SHOE-DRIER.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. *7, 1913;

Application filed January 29, 1913. Serial No. 745,032.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES W. MoIvER, a citizen of theUnited States, residing at Houston, in the county of Harris and S t of Texas, have invented a new and useful. Shoe-Drier, of which the following. is a specification.

The present invention appertains to a device for dryin shoes, boots and other footwear, and aims to provide a novel foot wear drier, or warmer.

One of the objects of the present invention is to provide a device of the character indicated embodying a casing adapted to be set upon a stove, lamp or other source.of heat, and which is provided with a plurality of discharge nipples, in combination with a plurality of closures, and shoe holding elements interchangeably engageable with the nipples.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a novel and improved construction of a shoe holding element, which shall be engageable to a nipple or other heat discharging member.

The present invention also aims to improve generally the construction and utility of devices of that character to which the present invention relates.

With the foregoing general objects outlined, and other objects in view, the present invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construct-ion hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of invention herein disclosed can be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

The invention has been illustrated in its preferred embodiment in the accompanying drawings, wherein the figure is a side elevation of the drier, partially broken away and shown in section.

Referring specifically to the drawings, the numeral 1 designates the casing, which is preferably frusto-conical with its lower end open, and its upper end closed by the plate or disk 2. This casing 1 is provided at its upper end with a circumferential series of staggered nipples or nozzles 55, which are inclined away from the casing and through which the heated air is discharged from the casing. This casing is adapted to be set over a stove, lamp or any suitable source of heat, in order that the air within the easing may be heated and may then pass upwardly throughthe nipples.

The nipples which are not in use are closed by means of the caps 4, these caps being attached or connected to the top of the casing by means of the chains or flexible members 5. These chains 5 are connected to a ring 6 engaging through a loop; 7 which has its ends engaged through the top 2 of the casing, and the outer or free ends of the chains 5 are engaged to loops 8 having their ends passed through the heads of the caps 4. It, is understood that a suiiicien-t number of caps 4 are provided to permit of closing any or all of the nipples, there being eight nipplesin number in the device as illustrated.

Each shoe holding element embodies a sleeve 9, the inner end of which is adapted to be slipped or telescoped over one of the nipples 3 so as to support the sleeve in an inclined position. The sleeve has its upper portion or half cut away at its outer end, as designated by the numeral 10, thus providing a concaved portion 11 projecting from the sleeve proper. A concaved plate 12 is secured at one end upon the top of the sleeve 9 at the inner end of the cutaway portion 10 and diverges away from the cutaway portion 10. A wire guard 13 has one end offset and engaged through the outer end of the plate 12 and has its other end off set and engaged through the top of the sleeve 9. Thus, the shoe holding element resembles a Y-shaped member, the arms of which are concaved and the body of which is hollow and opens through the crotch. Chains 14 connect the respective guards 13 and the ring 6 so as to hold the shoe holding elements as well as the caps loosely from the top of the casing.

In use, it will be evident from the foregoing, that the casing 1 may be set on any suit-able stove or over a lamp or other source of heat in order that heated air may be discharged through the nipples or outlet ports 8. Any number of the shoe holding sleeves may be engaged to the nipples according to the number of shoes to be heated or dried, the remaining nipples being closed by the caps in order that no heat may be wasted. The caps and shoe holding sleeves are interchangeably engageable with the nipples to the best advantage in the use of the device. In applying a shoe or other article of foot wear to one of the Y-shaped shoe holding members, the upper is inserted over the arms 11 and 12so that the ends of the arms contact with the insole, the shoe upper resting or seating on the guard in order that the upper will not contact with the upper arm 12. The shoe upper is thus retained out of injurious contact with the shoe holding member, and it will be noted that as the heated air is discharged from the respective nipple 3, the same will be efiectively directed toward the sole of the shoe, in order that the sole may be warmed or dried after becoming wet or dampened.

I What is claimed is 1. In a shoe drier, a Y-shaped member,

,upper portion at its outer end cut away, a concaved plate secured at one end to the the arms of which are adapted to fit within the shoe upper so as to contact at their ends with the sole, and the body of which is hollow and opens through the crotch.

2. In a shoe drier, a Y-shaped member, the arms of which are adapted to fit within the shoe upper so as to contact at their ends with the sole, and the body of which is hollow and opens through the crotch, and a guard terminally engaged to the said member above one arm to hold the shoe upper out of contact with the said arm.

3. In a shoe drier, a Y-shaped member, the arms of which are concaved, and the body of which is hollow and opens through the crotch.

4. In a shoe drier, a Y-shaped member, the arms of which are concaved, and the body of which is hollow and opens through the crotch, and a guard terminally secured to the said member aboveone arm to hold the shoe upper out of contact with the said arm.

5. In a shoe drier, a sleeve having the upper portion cut away at its outer end, and a concaved plate secured to the sleeve and I diverging from thecut away portion.

6..In a shoe drier, a sleeve having the sleeve adjacent the inner end of the cut away portion and divergingaway from the said portion, and a guard engaged at one end to the outer end of the said plate and at the other end to the sleeve.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aflixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

. JAMES WILLIAM MOIVER. Witnesses: j

L.- L. PUGH,

MORRIS ROSENTHAL.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. 0. 

